>
>Tom says:
>
>>Are people claiming one diode goes to threshold and then the others start
>>being forced to threshold as that single diode avalanches? Is that the
>>mechanism that causes voltages to be "shared"?
>
>That's how I'm reading the argument, Tom.
>
>I repeat: if the data sheet doesn't say 'controlled avalanche device', don't
>rely on it being so.
>
? And I say why trust the data sheet in all manner of things?. Use a
high-pot and for information you will want not.
>
- cheers, Peter
Rich...
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